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Friday, August 21, 2026

Close-up portrait of Joe L. Gómez wearing dark rectangular glasses and a suit, with a gray beard against a plain gray background.

Mayor moves to promote Gómez to city manager after previously backing a national search

NEWS

Aerial photograph of the University of Miami campus showing academic buildings, green spaces, a lake with a fountain, and athletic facilities surrounded by tree-lined neighborhoods.

UM campus deal, Crystal Residences lead packed Commission agenda

August 20, 2026

Photograph of the University of Miami campus entrance sign overlaid with six labeled panels. Under the heading "What the university would receive": hospital use, up to 100 beds permitted in the Multi-Use Zone with no conditional-use vote; enrollment, 17,500 becomes a mitigation threshold rather than a cap; development intensity, the 6.8 million square foot cap gives way to a floor area ratio of 1.0; and parking, certain city spaces and their revenue shift to the university. Under the heading "What the city would receive": a park of 5.52 acres conveyed only if the city approves everything on terms the university accepts, and a payment of $1,025,000 in the first year rising 4 percent annually for 30 years.

POLL: What should the Coral Gables City Commission do with the University of Miami’s proposed 30-year development agreement?

August 17, 2026

Coral Gables City Hall, where commissioners voted in May to change the city’s election calendar. A recent court ruling in Miami has cast new legal uncertainty over that decision.

Budget board leans against Coral Gables tax cut, but makes no recommendation

August 17, 2026

OPINION

Deputy City Manager Joe Gomez

EDITORIAL: Gomez may be the right city manager. Coral Gables should prove it

August 20, 2026

Aerial photograph of the University of Miami campus showing academic buildings, green spaces, a lake with a fountain, and athletic facilities surrounded by tree-lined neighborhoods.

EDITORIAL: Don’t rush the public decision on UM deal

August 13, 2026

Coral Gables City Commission seated during the final 2026 budget hearing on September 25, where commissioners approved a $313.6 million budget and debated pet projects and cost-of-living adjustments.

EDITORIAL: Coral Gables City Commission should stop treating an interim manager as a contingency

July 30, 2026

ARTS & LEISURE

Black-and-white image of a drummer at a drum kit with an inset color portrait of a smiling woman and the words “Celebrated Vocalist Tanya Maria.”

Latin Grammy-nominated drummer Nomar Negroni leads a night of jazz standards

August 20, 2026

Man wearing an embroidered vest holds a violin in front of a stylized sunset scene with an ornate caravan in the background.

Youth orchestra with El Sistema roots brings Klezmer and flamenco to Woman’s Club

August 20, 2026

Close-up portrait of a blonde woman wearing red lipstick and holding red fabric against a vivid red background.

Sarah Vaughan winner and UM alum Kate Kortum closes CAP’s 41st summer season

August 17, 2026